In Windows 8 includes a module to identify the installation of pirated software

Nadeem Kobeysi known as the independent developer, is seriously worried about the inclusion of Windows 8 module SmartScreen, who always "follows" the actions of the user and stores them in its profile as a doctor in the patient card. So Microsoft can control the use of programs that have been "broken". The full name of this module - Windows SmartScreen. If you start the installation program will be sending data to the application, if there is no certificate, the operating system will ask you not to install. In addition, the "cunning" module can map your IP-address and the software you are installing.

All would be well, but that's only Windows 8 will not ask you if you want to send data, they go directly to the server Microsoft. Still, it is a serious breach of confidentiality, the more the developer works directly with the authorities. The current filter is also introduced in order to allow more applications to buy a special shop, like the App Store for Mac OS. We must not forget another important point. SmartScreen Filter is intended for programs installed from the file manually. In Windows 8, as well as the latest versions of OS X, and Chrome OS and Google's Android has an app store through which to install all the programs that support the new "tile" interface, formerly known as the Metro. For information about these applications, downloaded and installed by the user, and will inevitably be stored, and processed by Microsoft, and, in fact, tied to a specific account.

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Windows 8 will not Gadgets

From the final version of Windows 8 will disappear "gadgets" - mini-applications that the user can add to your desktop for quick access to all kinds of online and local information and tools. This was reported by a computer blog The Verge with reference to the Chinese resource Win8China. The lack of gadgets editors Win8China found by reading one of the last builds of Windows 8. However, in public pre-release versions of the system, including the Release Preview, gadgets maintained. It is assumed that Microsoft decided to remove from Windows 8 gadgets because they perform functions in part to the application interface Metro. Official statements about the gadgets Microsoft has not yet done so.

Gadgets first appeared in the operating system Windows Vista, which was published in 2006. They were located on a separate panel on the right or the left side of the screen. In Windows 7, which was released three years later, the gadgets are located directly on the desktop. In Windows 8 will not be as familiar to users, and other elements of the previous versions, including the "Start" button, which became the hallmark of Windows, and graphic effects Aero Glass. Their absence in the final version of the system, which is due out before the end of 2012, confirmed officially.

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